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Part 2: How Do We Respond? 30-minute radio program for September 17, 2019. For several years, independent journalist Dahr Jamail--who won awards for his coverage of the Iraq War and occupation--has been investigating the global climate crisis. His conclusions are based on both his personal observations around the world and also extensive interviews--with top scientists and with ordinary people already suffering from the effects of climate change. His new book is titled, The End of Ice. In April...
Topics: ecology, climate change, Native Americans
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Part 1 : Denali, Fallujah, Australia 30-minute radio program for September 10, 2019. For several years, independent journalist Dahr Jamail--who won awards for his coverage of the Iraq War and occupation--has been investigating the global climate crisis. His conclusions are based on both his personal observations around the world and also extensive interviews--with top scientists and with ordinary people already suffering from the effects of climate change. His new book is titled, The End of...
Topics: ecology, climate change, Denali, war crimes, Iraq War, Great Barrier Reef, imperialism
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Sep 2, 2019
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30-minute radio program for September 2, 2018. Last of three parts. A very good talk by Progressive historian Howard Zinn, delivered in 2008. It deals with key themes in Zinn's writing (and social activism): social justice, war, economic power, the anti-democratic behavior of governments (including ours), propaganda, and the power of the people to organize and compel justice. Part Three (this week) is (IMHO) the finest part of Zinn's long talk. It begins with Zinn's moving and cogent rejection...
Topics: Howard Zinn, politics, war, democracy, social movements
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Aug 25, 2019
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30-minute radio program for August 27, 2019. Progressive historian, essayist, and novelist GORE VIDAL is in fine form as--with much wit--he explains what's wrong with the United States. Spoiler Alert: The answer is, two fake political parties with essentially the same program; perpetual war that benefits only the military-industrial-political complex; the ruinous costs to the citizens of perpetual war; and rule by the finaincial elite. Sounds like he's got us pegged perfectly, but he was...
Topics: Gore Vidal, war, Cold War, economy, military-industrial complex
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30-minute radio program for August 13, 2019. Progressive historian, analyst, social critic, public intellectual, anti-imperialist and wit (not to mention novelist and screenwriter) GORE VIDAL is fondly remembered in this tribute. Vidal is in fine form as he holds forth in two interviews, from 2005 and 2003. Brief introduction by K.D. Â Thanks to the programs Five o'Clock Shadow (2012, containing the 2005 interview) and Dateline (Australia, 2003) for the Vidal audio. I have excerpted from,...
Topics: Gore Vidal, empire, democracy, George W Bush, United States, war
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30-minute radio program for July 23, 2019. Our nation's Founders encouraged business but distrusted corporations--which they tightly regulated and restricted. Jefferson warned that corporations could end up running the country. (Yep!) In a fine talk, business expert Ted Nace describes the history of corporations, ... their growing power, ... and their frequent battles with The People--some of which The People won. Also reflections by K.D. on the branding of everything and 2 relevant songs....
Topics: Ted Nace, corporations history, economics, resistance
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Jul 15, 2019
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30-minute radio program for July 16, 2019. Eugenics is in the news again. We explore the sordid pseudo-science with a section from the film Human Resources (not previously broadcast on NWN), reflections by KD, and a song by David Rovics. Thanks to Robin Upton (unwelcomeguests.net), who adapted all of Human Resources for radio broadcast. David Rovics' song "Denmark 1943" is from his album, The Other Side . Â http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
Topics: eugenics, Vermont, Genetics Survey of Vermont, Denmark boatlift
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Jun 30, 2019
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30-minute radio program for July 2, 2019. A classic talk (technically an interview) by Noam Chomsky, recorded in his office on November 20, 2012. This is the talk's first broadcast on New World Notes. Chomsky brilliantly explores three questions highly relevant to today: (1) In a free society such as the US, by what means do the rulers control the common people? (2) How do protest movements today compare with those of the 1960s? (3) What issues are most pressing for today's generation of...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, propaganda, Vietnam War, protest, advertising
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Jun 16, 2019
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30-minute radio program for June 25, 2019. Second of 2 parts. On the 11th anniversary of his death, we celebrate the political and cultural satire of the great comedian George Carlin. We focus on the last two decades of Carlin's long career--by which time his political views had moved well left of center. Carlin is one of the most astute critics of capitalism, imperialism, and American arrogance--and certainly the funniest. He died on June 22, 2008. This week's sketches: 1. They own you / the...
Topics: George Carlin, capitalism, class, airport security, public health, parenting, American culture
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Apr 21, 2019
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30-minute radio program for April 23, 2019. In a humorous/satiric monologue, KD reflects on several current (and a few other) events, all somehow connected to America at Easter-time. Plus a song by David Rovics. Topics include secularization and commercialization of holidays, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Mueller Report, John Brown, the Stop-and-Shop supermarket strike, and how Edward Bernays got American women hooked on cigarettes. http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
Topics: labor unions, supermarket, Notre Dame Cathedral, Edward Bernays, cigarettes, corporations, John...
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Apr 14, 2019
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30-minute radio program for April 16, 2019. Classic broadcast, from 1965, by radio's great humorist-satirist-storyteller Jean Shepherd, condensed by K.D. With wit and humor, Shepherd reflects on adolescent psychology ... on being "shot down" ... on traumatic experiences ... and on the absurd prose on back of packages--notably Official World's Fair Toothpicks. Then he tells a story from his childhood: how he snuck into a Ukrainian-American picnic, pretended to speak Ukrainian, and...
Topics: Jean Shepherd, Ukrainian, picnic, hamburger, marketing, advertising, radio
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Mar 21, 2019
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30-minute radio program for March 26, 2019. Media scholar Mark Crispin Miller explores how the government--aided by the corporate media--molds public opinion through massive and unceasing campaigns of propaganda. The propaganda manufactures widespread public consent for imperialism, military adventures abroad, and neoliberal economic policies. In a brief introduction, KD analyzes the propaganda saturating a N.Y Times "news" article on Venezuela (March 13, 2019). Miller spoke with host...
Topics: imperialism, empire, propaganda, public opinion, media, Edward Bernays, Mark Crispin Miller,...
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30-minute radio program for February 26, 2019. In separate talks, two fine foreign correspondents discuss current affairs--Robert Fisk and Chris Hedges. Different in style, they are alike in their hatred of lies and propaganda, their command of historical details--and their disdain for Trump's presidency. Fisk discusses--besides Trump--the war in Syria, Vladimir Putin, and the flood of propaganda in the media. Hedges discusses how social justice requires economic justice and also effective...
Topics: Robert Fisk, Chris Hedges, Syria, Iran, Putin, Donald Trump, nonviolence, revolution
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30-minute radio program for February 19, 2019.Second of 2 parts. Journalist-prophet-activist CHRIS HEDGES is in fine form in this new speech. With some new examples and new connections he explores the history and the bad effects of the corporate takeover of America. The effects include the degradation of our culture, economy, politics, and freedom--and of the planet's ecosystem. As Hedges sees it, the only sane response is concerted nonviolent resistance to "the corporatocracy." Of...
Topics: United States, corporations, democracy, Republican Party, cults
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Feb 9, 2019
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Feb 9, 2019
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30-minute radio program for February 12, 2019. First of 2 parts. Journalist-prophet-activist CHRIS HEDGES is in fine form in this new speech. With some new examples and new connections he explores the history and the bad effects of the corporate takeover of America. The effects include the degradation of our culture, economy, politics, and freedom--and of the planet's ecosystem. As Hedges sees it, the only sane response is concerted nonviolent resistance Hedges spoke in New York City on...
Topics: United States, corporations, capitalism, banks, environment
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Feb 5, 2019
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Feb 5, 2019
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A good documentary film by Elena Rossini (2015), newly adapted to radio by KD. It's about the damage--social, physical, and especially psychological--wrought by the huge and highly profitable "beauty" industry. This week's installment explores the skinny ideal and the diet industry ...Photoshopping models to make them still skinnier ... images of men's beauty ... the sexualization of children, especially young girls ... the connections between the beauty business and the porn business...
Topics: beauty, cosmetics, fashion, marketing, girls
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Jan 29, 2019
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30-minute radio program for January 29, 2019. First of 2 parts. A good documentary film by Elena Rossini (2015), newly adapted to radio by KD. It's about the damage--social, physical, and especially psychological--wrought by the huge and highly profitable "beauty" industry. One of this film's virtues is its international scope. Throughout the world, the bad effects of the beauty business are remarkably similar--but the regional variations are very interesting. The film's focus shifts...
Topics: beauty, cosmetics, fashion, marketing
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Jan 16, 2019
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30-minute radio program for June 18, 2019. First of 2 parts. On the 11th anniversary of his death, we celebrate the political and cultural satire of the great comedian George Carlin. We focus on the last two decades of Carlin's long career--by which time his political views had moved well left of center. Carlin is one of the most astute critics of capitalism, imperialism, and American arrogance--and certainly the funniest. He died on June 22, 2008. This week's sketches: 1. Religion = B.S. 2....
Topics: George Carlin, capitalism, class, airport security, public health, parenting, American culture
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30-minute radio program for January 8, 2018. It's stressful; it's expensive; ir's bad for the environment; it's bad for the soul; and it's VERY hard to get rid of. No, not the Trump Administration (or bedbugs): I'm referring to clutter. We explore the problem with true confessions by me, an article by Erica Layne, remarks by environmentalist Lloyd Alter, and music by Chumbawamba. Host Alex Wise's interview with Lloyd Alter courtesy of Sea Change Radio (December 11, 2018). The installment is...
Topics: clutter, consumer goods, trash, commerce
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Dec 11, 2018
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30-minute radio program for December 11, 2018. With typical verve and wit, economist Richard Wolff shows how and why the corporate elite made themselves even richer and more powerful by plundering the American working class--and misleading them about what was happening. He also shows why the scam cannot go on much longer. With a brief introduction by KD. Wolff spoke at the 2018 Left Forum in New York. Audio courtesy of unwelcomeguests.net. newworldnotes.blogpot.com .
Topics: Richard Wolff, economics, working class, capitalism, economic history
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Nov 20, 2018
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30-minute radio program for November 20, 2018. Second of two parts.. A fine and fiery speech by journalist/activist Chris Hedges. He vividly tells the story of the "slow-motion coup" that replaced American democracy with oligarchy and the Corporate State. Part 2 continues the story of how "the corporatocracy" overthrew liberal democracy inthe US. Hedges then speaks of the necessity of rebellion and the difficulties of being a rebel. He then gives examples from Czechoslovakia...
Topics: Chris Hedges, democracy, fascism, corporatocracy, corporate state, resistance, Czechoslovakia
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Nov 13, 2018
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30-minute radio program for November 13, 2018. First of two parts.. A fine and fiery speech by journalist/activist Chris Hedges. He vividly tells the story of the "slow-motion coup" that replaced American democracy with oligarchy and the Corporate State. Part 1 explains the takeover. Part 2 continues the story and then shows how--in the recent past--nonviolent popular resistance has overthrown oligarchies and established democracy. Hedges spoke at an event titled "Stop Fascism in...
Topics: Chris Hedges, democracy, fascism, corporatocracy, corporate state
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Nov 6, 2018
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30-minute radio program for November 6, 2018. Last of four parts.. Scott Noble's wide-ranging and fine documentary film of 2010 adapted to radio. It's about the any attempts--some of them successful, to reduce human beings to mere "cogs in the machine"--in order to increase still further the wealth and power of the elite. This week's installment focuses on the CIA's infamous Project MK-ULTRA and other deadly experiments the U.S. government conducted on unwitting citizens in the...
Topics: Human Resources, CIA, MK-ULTRA, mind control, conditioning, Ewen Cameron, Squirrel Hill
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30-minute radio program for October 30, 2018. Third of several parts. Scott Noble's wide-ranging and fine documentary film of 2010 adapted to radio. It's about the any attempts--some of them successful, to reduce human beings to mere "cogs in the machine"--in order to increase still further the wealth and power of the elite. This week's installment shows psychology's "frustration-aggression" principle used as a means of social control. One predictable result of the human...
Topics: Human Resources, capitalism, CIA, violence, MK-ULTRA, mass murder
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Oct 23, 2018
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30-minute radio program for October 23, 2018. Second of several parts. Scott Noble's wide-ranging and fine documentary film of 2010 adapted to radio. It's about the any attempts--some of them successful, to reduce human beings to mere "cogs in the machine"--in order to increase still further the wealth and power of the elite. This week's installment begins with public schools. Schools were never designed to educate children--still less to empower them--but to turn them into obedient,...
Topics: Human Resources, capitalism, public education, schools, violence
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Oct 16, 2018
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Oct 16, 2018
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30-minute radio program for October 16, 2018. First of several parts. Scott Noble's wide-ranging and fine documentary film of 2010 adapted to radio. It's about the any attempts--some of them successful, to reduce human beings to mere "cogs in the machine"--in order to increase still further the wealth and power of the elite. This first installment focuses on industrial relations. Through "scientific management," power in the workplace was taken from workers and given to...
Topics: Human Resources, capitalism, industrial relations, labor, management
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Aug 28, 2018
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Aug 28, 2018
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30-minute radio program for August 28, 2018. Second of three parts. A very good talk by Progressive historian Howard Zinn, delivered in 2008. It deals with key themes in Zinn's writing (and social activism): social justice, war, economic power, the anti-democratic behavior of governments (including ours), propaganda, and the power of the people to organize and compel justice. Part Two (this week) focuses on this country's extravagant military expenditures and "absurd" wars. Zinn...
Topics: Howard Zinn, politics, Obama, war, military budget, imperialism
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Aug 21, 2018
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Aug 21, 2018
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30-minute radio program for August 21, 2018. First of three parts. A very good talk by Progressive historian Howard Zinn (d. 2010)--delivered 3 days after the 2008 presidential election. It deals with key themes in Zinn's writing (and social activism): social justice, war, economic power, the anti-democratic behavior of governments (including ours), propaganda, and the power of the people to organize and compel justice. Part one (this week) focuses on the woeful inadequacy of politicians'...
Topics: Howard Zinn, politics, Obama, social justice, war
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Jul 31, 2018
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30-minute radio program for July 31, 2018. The Luddites were radicalized skilled workers in England (1811-1817) who destroyed the new, highly-automated factory machinery that threatened their lives. KD discusses te Luddites' true history, ,,, the pros and cons of their rebellion (mostly the pros), ... and the severe problems caused by globalized industrialized capitalism. He explores whether Luddism makes any sense in today's world, and the possibility of nonviolent "soft-core"...
Topics: Luddites, capitalism, textile industry, history, consumer culture, technology
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Jul 10, 2018
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30-minute radio program for July 19, 2018. A new and powerful talk by Progressive journalist/essayist Chris Hedges, delivered at the Left Forum in June 2018. Hedges argues that the ruling elite--anticipating another collapse of the financial system they control--is fighting to silence all Progressive and left-wing critiques of the system. A major battlefield in that war is the Internet. The elite just destroyed Net Neutrality. Now they're silencing their opponents by reprogramming the search...
Topics: Internet, ruling elite, information, Chris Hedges
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Jun 26, 2018
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Jun 26, 2018
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30-minute radio program for June 26, 2018. A classic talk by progressive historian Howard Zinn. Zinn spoke in Boston, at an antiwar "teach-in," on September 25, 2001--just before the U.S. launched its war against Afghanistan. Zinn spoke of governments that lie to their people--all governments and particularly the United States. They especially lie as they launch unnecessary wars--for instance our wars against Mexico, Spain, and Vietnam. Average citizens can empower themselves by...
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Topics: war, Afghanistan, government, history, lies
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Jun 12, 2018
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Jun 12, 2018
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30-minute radio program for June 12, 2018. All new episode! (most of which is 56 years old). This is the third in our series of classic monologues by the great radio humorist / satirist / storyteller Jean Shepherd (condensed by K.D.). As usual, Shepherd pokes fun at Americans' vices and follies--including our crazy junk, our unrealistic "realistic" TV shows; our love of doing things just to see if they can be done; the rationalizations we concoct to justify our love of space flights...
Topics: Jean Shepherd, junk, space program, radio, 1960s
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May 29, 2018
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30-minute radio program for May 29, 2018. The second half of a fine audio collage by Chazk / Virtual Renderings, Created in 2013--and just as timely and important now as then-- "Abominable Ways of Biotech" is now broadcast for the first time. It's about the insanity and the dangers--and the demonstrable bad health effects--of biotech tinkering with the food we eat. Part 2 continues the discussion of the bad effects of glyphosate (Monsanto's "Roundup" herbicide). Then it...
Topics: biotechnology, GMO, agriculture, glyphosate, Roundup, BT
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May 22, 2018
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May 22, 2018
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30-minute radio program for May 22, 2018. A fine audio collage by Chazk / Virtual Renderings, Created in 2013--and just as timely and important now as then-- "Abominable Ways of Biotech" is now broadcast for the first time. It's about the insanity and the dangers--and the demonstrable bad health effects--of biotech tinkering with the food we eat. Part 1 focuses on the problem of transplanting genes from one species to another and the multiple health hazards of Monsanto's glyphosate...
Topics: biotechnology, GMO, agriculture, glyphosate, Roundup
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Mar 20, 2018
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30-minute radio program for March 20, 2018. Yes, (KD argues,) Trump is unfit to be President. But so were two recent predecessors: W. Bush and Saint Ronald Reagan. The difference is that Reagan and Bush had the full support of America's oligarchs and corporate elite. Trump does not have their full support. But let's not let Republican malfeasance blind us to the sins of the Democratics, specifically Barack Obama. He served the oligarch and the elite--and damaged "the 99%"--just as...
Topics: Noam Chosky, democracy, Obama, Aristide Evo Morales, elections, public relations
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Mar 13, 2018
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Mar 13, 2018
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30-minute radio program for March 13, 2018. Noam Chomsky discusses (with Ralph Nader) more of the key ideas of his recent book and film, Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power. In this final installment, Nader discusses three further ways in which the rich and powerful are destroying democracy and establishing plutocracy in the United States. These are: "Keep the rabble in line," "Manufacture consent," and "Marginalize...
Topics: Noam Chosky, Ralph Nader, plutocracy, oligarchy, democracy, American Dream, economy
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30-minute radio program for March 5, 2018. A very good but little-known speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., "The Other America," delivered April 14,1967, at Stanford University. Here King goes beyond mere "civil rights" and speaks forcefully on the larger issues of growing economic inequality and an out-of-control Military-Industrial Complex. The sonewhat condensed audio recording was produced in 2008 for the radio program, "DC37 Radio"--apparently the predecessor...
Topics: Martin Luther King Jr, inequality, civil rights, military-industrial complex
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Jan 30, 2018
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30-minute radio program for January 30, 2018. KD reflects on U.S.exaggerations of the Russian threat in the 1950s. Those "Cold War" exaggerations much increased the profits of the military-industrial complex. And it looks like the same stunt is being pulled again today. Next we read an article on the subject by retired CIA officer Philip Giraldi. Then a recording of Giraldi discussing these and related issues. newworldnotes.blogspot.com. Giraldi audio excerpted from the radio program...
Topics: Russia, Philip Giraldi, propaganda, elections, military
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Dec 12, 2017
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30-minute radio program for December 12, 2017. A bit of this, a bit of that. Features more of Noam Chomsky's discussion (with Ralph Nader) on the ill effects of the growing concentration of wealth and power. Plus KD's "Press Review" of oddball newspaper stories and a song by Ethan Miller & Kate Boverman. Chomsky audio courtesy of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour for May 20, 2017 newworldnotes.blogspot.com
Topics: Noam Chomsky, concentrated wealth, politics, democracy, climate change, banks
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Nov 14, 2017
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30-minute radio program for November 14, 2017. Part 2 of the new audio collage on responding radically to the environmental crisis. It's by Chazk (aka Virtual Renderings). It features commentary by figures such as Dale Pendell, Derrick Jensen, Guy McPherson, Charles Eisenstein, and others--plus some relevant music. Part 2 focuses on the need to reconceive the relationship our species has with the other species of our shared planet. With a brief introduction by K.D. newworldnotes.blogspot.com
Topics: ecology, environment, global warming, climate change
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Nov 7, 2017
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Nov 7, 2017
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30-minute radio program for November 7, 2017. The first part of the new audio collage on responding radically to the environmental crisis. It's by Chazk (aka Virtual Renderings). It features commentary by figures such as Dale Pendell, Derrick Jensen, Guy McPherson, and Charles Eisenstein--plus some relevant music. Introduction by K.D.
Topics: ecology, environment, global warming, climate change
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Oct 17, 2017
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Oct 17, 2017
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30-minute radio program for October 17, 2017. We explore both the good points and the bad of those 20th-century icons, the late Hugh M. Hefner and his Playboy magazine. Includes excerpts from the Times's fine obituary. Plus personal reminiscences by KD exploring the role of Playboy in his adolescent development--and its role in American culture. Plus a song by Tom Lehrer. (Adult themes and language: listener discretion is advised) http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/
Topics: Hugh Hefner, Playboy, civil liberties, pornography
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Sep 26, 2017
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30-minute radio program for September 26, 2017. A loosely organized collection of interesting stuff. The show includes a Press Review of oddball stories you may have missed--National Lobster Day, the US claims to have "conquered" Jupiter, and more. A song by DAVID ROVICS about a huge London riot the US press chose to ignore. NOAM CHOMSKY explains some of the ways the US's ruling elite keep "the 99%" powerless, obedient and economically insecure. Plus remarks, here and there,...
Topics: potpourri, lobster, Noam Chomsky, David Rovics, NASA, economics, Tottenham riots
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Aug 29, 2017
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30-minute radio program for August 29, 2017. Lyn Gerry reads the second half of Richard K. Moore's classic essay, "Escaping the Matrix." Moore's essay, published in 2000, is a fine discussion of the gap between the Establishment's official propaganda and the real truth about how The System actually works. It's also a concise history of the changing interplay among the forces of imperialism, capitalism, economic policy, and the state. KD introduces the reading with some words on...
Topics: "The Matrix", empire, imperialism, neoliberalism, cpitalism, Lyn Gerry, Richard K. Moore
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Aug 22, 2017
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Aug 22, 2017
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30-minute radio program for August 22, 2017. First some brief personal reflections by KD and a bit of music. Then a reading (by Lyn Gerry) of the first half of Richard K. Moore's classic essay, "Escaping the Matrix." Moore's essay, published in 2000, is a fine discussion of the gap between the Establishment's official propaganda and the real truth about how The System actually works. It's also a concise history of the changing interplay among the forces of imperialism, capitalism,...
Topics: "The Matrix", empire, imperialism, neoliberalism, cpitalism, Lyn Gerry, Richard K. Moore
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Aug 1, 2017
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Aug 1, 2017
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30-minute radio program for August 1, 2017. Documentary filmmaker JOHN PILGER discusses the real story behind the U.S.'s opposition to Russia, China, North Korea, and Syria. His shrewd analysis of ACTUAL U.S. foreign policy naturally leads to a discussion of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the corruption of the Democratic Party, the propaganda dished out by the mainstream media, and (in Pilger's view) Clinton's well-deserved loss in the 2016 election. Pilger responds to questions...
Topics: John Pilger, Cindy Sheehan, foreign policy, propaganda, media, Russia, China, North Korea, Syria
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Jun 20, 2017
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Jun 20, 2017
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30-minute radio program for June 20, 2017. Second of two parts. In a recent talk in Hartford, GLEN FORD insightfully dissects US geostrategic policy. He explains how the current anti-Russia hysteria--and, more importantly, the US's disastrous and failing military interventions in the Middle East--are part of a larger effort to contain (and if necessary strangle) China. The US ruling class's "crisis" is genuine: the increasing threat that China poses to their global hegemony. To...
Topics: Glen Ford, imperialism, ruling class, foreigh policy, hegemony, Syria, Al Qaeda, China, Russia
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Jun 13, 2017
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30-minute radio program for June 13, 2017. First of two parts. In a recent talk in Hartford, GLEN FORD insightfully dissects US geostrategic policy. He explains how the current anti-Russia hysteria--and, more importantly, the US's disastrous and failing military interventions in the Middle East--are part of a larger effort to contain (and if necessary strangle) China. The US ruling class's "crisis" is genuine: the increasing threat that China poses to their global hegemony. To control...
Topics: Glen Ford, imperialism, ruling class, foreigh policy, hegemony, Syria, Al Qaeda
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May 30, 2017
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May 30, 2017
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30-minute radio program for May 30, 2017. A brief talk by KD--on symbiosis and responding to squirrel terrorism in his back yard--introduces a longer (some would say "better") talk by NOAM CHOMSKY. Chomsky continues his discussion of the US today. This week he shares some shrewd insights on the radical pro-corporate, anti-social policies of the Republican Congress; the compromised news media; the Trump administration; the US's growing nuclear arsenal; and the government's persecution...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, nuclear weapons, Julian Assange, protest
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May 16, 2017
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0-minute radio program for May 16, 2017. Nuclear weapons and climate change pose existential threats to life on earth, says Noam Chomsky. Only democratic institutions would be able (and inclined) to deal with these threats, But since the 1970s, capitalism has fought a largely successful campaign to undermine democracy and democratic institutions, both in Europe and in the U,S, Thus we have a "perfect storm" of crises and no evident way of dealing with it. By undermining democracy,...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, capitalism, ecology, climate change, democracy
